Bugatti Type 35B by CDW - FINISHED - Italeri - 1:12 Scale

[Egilman]

1 hour ago, CDW said:

Speaking of Indy, I have the Watson Offy powered car from ‘63 and the Lotus car from ‘64 both in 1:25 scale. Would love to have the Watson car in 1:12 but there is no such animal I know of.

edit: my cars may be ‘62 and ‘63, can’t remember for sure 

I've got a few as well, but the only 1/12 scale I know of is the Paxton Turbine....

 

The '62 is the Leader Cards Racing owned #3  Watson/Offenhauser, The Watson Leader Card Special, Rodger Ward driving

The '63 is the, J. C. Agajanian owned #98 Watson/Offenhauser, The Willard Battery Special, Parnelli Jones driving

 

The '64 Lotus 38's were Jim Clark's & Dan Gurney's cars that DNF at Indy, 

 

In '65 the Lotus's put paid to the front engined roadsters for good, AJ Foyt won three races in a 38 taking him to #2 in the overall champ car standings that year, and Jim Clark and Parnelli Jones finished #1-2 at Indy, in '66, there was only one front engined Watson/Offy in the starting top ten and it could only qualify 9th... (the race was won by a rear engine Lola driven by Graham Hill)

 

Both model kits were ahead if their time when manufactured...

 

In 1/24th-25th I have the 1915 Mercedes, the 1920 & 21 Frontenac's, Several Millers from the late 1920's thru early '30's, a couple of Wetteroth/Millers from the 1930's, the 1939 & 40 Maserati's, the 1950's Kurtis Kraft roadsters,  about a half dozen Watson/Offy's from the '50's thru '60's, Jim Clark's '65 Lotus/Ford, the 1966 Lola/Ford of Graham Hill, the 1978 Lola/Cosworth of Al Unser, Luyendyk's 1990 Lola T-90/ Ilmor-Chevy, the 1968, '73 & '75 Eagles of Unser & Johncock, Donohue & Rutherford's 1972, '74 &'76 McLaren M16's... I also have a couple of March 86C's from the late '80's but haven't figured out what they represent yet, probably Rahal '86 & Unser '87... {chuckle}

 

All plastic, All Indy winners.... Most sitting in my attic stash for a while...

 

All the Indy winners are available, (from 1911 to 2021) in 1/18th diecast at exorbitant prices though... Besides I'm not a collector I'm a wanna be builder... Been collecting for way too long...

 

When I get some lifespace, I'll be stealing some of your techniques my friend, I Hope you don't mind... {chuckle}

Edited October 10, 2023 by Egilman

[CDW]

56 minutes ago, Egilman said:

I've got a few as well, but the only 1/12 scale I know of is the Paxton Turbine....

Hey EG

 

Check out this 1928 Indy car kit from a guy in France.

 

1/12 KIT MILLER INDIANAPOLIS 500 1928 WINNER L. MEYER (TAMIYA ITALERI ALFA FIAT | eBay

[Egilman]

That would be a good basis to start a build of a '28 Miller, but looking at period images of the real deal there is a lot wrong with the presentation...

Scale issues being the biggest of all... Just from what I can suss out, much of the sparse detailing would have to be redone... There is also another up on evilbay right now, for $800.00 and the pictures show it as both incorrect and incomplete as well....

 

At the ISM.... 

 

In Diecast...

 

 

At those prices, for what I'm seeing, I'll pass....

Edited October 10, 2023 by Egilman

[CDW]

Didn't do a heck of a lot on the model today but did manage to assemble the steering gear box, install it along with the steering column, and then added the throttle linkages.

Will need to weather up these parts to match the other parts under the hood.

[CDW]

There's some fiddly piping to add under the hood/engine compartment but the instructions are unclear exactly where it all goes. Will need to root around through references tomorrow to determine the particulars. Can't just have piping running off to nowhere.

[mtaylor]

Al this Indy talk brought back some memories of sitting in the back yard listening to the race on the radio (no live tv coverage... had to wait up Wide World of Sports showed the excerpts).  My science teacher in school was a Miss Meyer.  Her dad was THE Meyer of  Meyer-Drake/Offenhauser and she got him to give a presentation at the high school.    

[CDW]

2 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Al this Indy talk brought back some memories of sitting in the back yard listening to the race on the radio (no live tv coverage... had to wait up Wide World of Sports showed the excerpts).  My science teacher in school was a Miss Meyer.  Her dad was THE Meyer of  Meyer-Drake/Offenhauser and she got him to give a presentation at the high school.    

My interest in cars hit a high-water mark in grade school when a team of engineers from General Motors visited our school to encourage all of us to enter a car body design for a competition that would bring scholarships and other prizes for winning designs locally, regionally, and nationally. The car bodies could be carved from wood or other appropriate mediums. I didn't enter the competition, but it sparked a flame of interest I carried all my life.

[CDW]

The colors I used for the 'Bugatti blue' are a mixture of Mr Color paints as shown in this photo. Mixed in a ratio of 2 parts of 323 light blue to 1 part of 72 intermediate blue.

 

After painting all the body panels with the mixture 'Bugatti blue', I used the Uschi stencil to apply a mottle of color 72, intermediate blue all over the model. This was followed by a highly reduced coat of 'Bugatti blue' over the mottle to tone down the effect and give the car an aged paint appearance.

 

In these next photos I have glued down all the body panels and have started adding other bits and pieces necessary to finish the model. Next I will continue with weathering the model by using various shades of blue paint, aluminum paint (chipping effects) and oils.

Slowly but surely getting there. In my mind, I had set a target date of 1 month to complete this model. I started it on September 20, so I may get lucky and meet or maybe even beat that target. Don't really want to spend more than a month on this project.

 

If you look closely, you can see faintly the dark splotches of mottled paint. 

[king derelict]

Beautiful painting Craig and the photography is excellent too. The Uschi stencil effect is nice. Another item for the shopping list

Alan

[CDW]

3 hours ago, king derelict said:

Beautiful painting Craig and the photography is excellent too. The Uschi stencil effect is nice. Another item for the shopping list

Alan

Thanks Alan. There are always newer and better tools it seems.

[CDW]

Starting with the previous state pictured, I mixed Mr Color sail color with my Bugatti blue to make a lighter shade of blue paint. Then this was highly diluted with thinner before spraying high spots all over the model to give the appearance of paint fading. After that, oils were used to shadow and create oil stains along the louvers of the body pan. Last, Mr Color silver paint was used to create paint chipping effects on the louvers and scratches/chips on the body in various places.

Your milage may vary, but when I do a diluted highlight spray as mentioned above, I turn the pressure down on my airbrush and use a much more controlled, light trigger pull to put the paint where I want it. The idea here is to highlight, not to overspray or repaint the entire model.

 

 

 

[mtaylor]

20 hours ago, CDW said:

My interest in cars hit a high-water mark in grade school when a team of engineers from General Motors visited our school to encourage all of us to enter a car body design for a competition that would bring scholarships and other prizes for winning designs locally, regionally, and nationally. The car bodies could be carved from wood or other appropriate mediums. I didn't enter the competition, but it sparked a flame of interest I carried all my life.

I remember that also now that you mention it.  One of the guys in my school did manage to get to the big ceremony and judging and won a scholarship. Not the big prize but big enough.  

[CDW]

It's almost there now, the finish line. Just a couple more days at the most. 

 

 

[CDW]

Tomorrow, I'll build the bonnet straps, add the windscreen and some touches of paint/weathering here and there, then this one will be finished.

 

 

[RGL]

Love this mate 

[CDW]

2 hours ago, RGL said:

Love this mate 

Thanks Greg. It's been a lot of fun building and finishing it. Probably the best Italeri kit I have built to date, everything fit well and was not over-engineered. A lot of parts but not over the top.

[king derelict]

Looking very, very good Craig

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

First class  work  Craig.

 

OC.

[CDW]

Bugatti T35B, Winner of the 1st Monaco Grand Prix 1929, Found and sold unrestored more than 80 years later - Finished as it was found.

This was a very pleasurable build, made possible by an excellent kit from Italeri, and most of all, by all you who followed along, made great comments, your likes and encouragement. It's time now to evaluate and contemplate my next project.

 

PS: I ended up installing a set of magnetic bonnet strap attachments, as opening the bonnet would be rather impactable or impossible if the latches and straps were glued in place. Believe me when I tell you, installing the little windshield and the bonnet straps were by far the most difficult part of the build. A real pain where the sun don't shine. 

[Jack12477]

Beautiful!  👍👍👍🥂🥂

[Egilman]

And you sir win the coveted "Honey I Shrunk the Race Car Award" for outstanding achievement in automobile minaituration!!!

 

I can't tell... I'm in awe...

 

Outstanding my friend... Speechless....

 

Amazing build....

[Landlubber Mike]

Wow, that came out great Craig!  Nicely done my friend!

[king derelict]

Running out of superlatives here. That is just wonderful Craig. The aging is perfect and makes a exceptional build

Alan

[Javlin]

Well Craig you pulled that rabbit out of the hat quite an excellent presentation Sir!!

[Old Collingwood]

Just  like everyone  has said  -  Superbly done  mate.

 

OC.

[gsdpic]

Nice!  As every one else has already said, really well done.

[BobG]

Wow...what a beautiful model!

[Old Collingwood]

Love this  - always  was  - always  wil  be  my fave car  of all time   - 

 

OC.

 

 

[madtatt]

Really a great model. Very nice kit and fantastically implemented. 👍
If you didn't know any better, you might think you were seeing the original.

[Canute]

Another outstanding build, Craig. 👍👍